James E. Andrews (December 29, 1928 â March 7, 2006) was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Stated Clerk of the Presbyterianâ¯Churchâ¯inâ¯theâ¯Unitedâ¯States (PCUS) from 1973 until its 1983 reunion, and then as Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) from 1983 to 1996. He facilitated the 1983 merger of the PCUS and the Unitedâ¯Presbyterian Church in the United States (UPCUSA).
Andrews earned a bachelorâÂÂs degree from Austin College in 1952 and a masterâÂÂs degree in 1953. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1956.
Following his ordination, Andrews served as assistant pastor of St. AndrewâÂÂs Presbyterian Church in Houston from 1956 to 1958. He then went to Geneva, Switzerland, and served from 1958 to 1960 as secretary of information for the Worldâ¯Alliance ofâ¯Reformedâ¯Churches (WARC). After returning to the United States, he became an assistant to the president of Princetonâ¯Theologicalâ¯Seminary (1960âÂÂ71) and then assistant to the Stated Clerk of the PCUS (1971âÂÂ73).
Andrews was a key architect of the 1983 reunion of the Presbyterian denominations.
On March 6, 2006, at the age of 77, Andrews died after being struck by a car near his home in Decatur, Georgia.